Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling is the author of "The Jungle Book," among other tales of the Indian subcontinent. Published in 1894, "The Jungle Book" was a collection of fictional stories about the wilds of India, many of them featuring Mowgli, a feral boy raised by wolves. "The Second Jungle Book" followed in 1895, which was the basis for the immensely popular and endearing 1967 Walt Disney animated film. The author was born in 1865 in Bombay, India. His father was a director… (más)